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Kharrazi in Damascus for foreign ministers meet of Iraq neighbors

IRNA

Damascus, Nov 1, IRNA -- Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi
arrived in Damascus on Saturday to attend the fourth meeting of
foreign ministers of Iraq`s neighbors.
Foreign ministers of seven countries in Iraq`s neighborhood are
expected to study the current situation in Iraq and its negative
impacts on national security of every individual state.
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk as-Shara will host the meeting
which will begin after Iftar Saturday evening.
The deliberations will proceed on Sunday.
Kharrazi was welcomed by Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid
Moalem and Iranian Ambassador to Damascus Hossein Sheikholeslam.
Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia Saud al-Feisal, Egypt Ahmad
Maher, Iran Kamal Kharrazi, Jordan Mawan Moasher, Kuwait Sheikh
Mohammad as-Sabah, Turkey Abdullah Gul and Iraq Hoshyar Zebari have
been invited to the talks.
Zebari said later that he will not take part in the meeting
because, Syria extended the invitation later than appropriate time.
The Iraqi foreign minister complained that Syria had ignored the
status of Iraq in offering invitation and that the Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait and Jordan had later encouraged Syria to invite Iraq to the
talks.
"The meeting is merely to discuss the impacts of the Iraqi
situation on national security of regional states," Zebari said.
Foreign ministers of Iraq`s neighboring states held their first
meeting ahead of invasion of Iraq by the coalition forces in Istanbul
last April, the second meeting in Riyadh following the collapse of
Saddam regime and the third in Tehran last June in the context of the
OIC foreign ministers meeting.
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